Dr. Said Ibrahim

Weill Cornell Medicine honored more than two dozen faculty, trainees, students and staff April 26 for their outstanding service and leadership in promoting diversity at the academic medical institution.

Weill Cornell Medicine will kick off its third annual Diversity Week on April 26, celebrating and amplifying the rich spectrum of diverse backgrounds and perspectives that enhance the institution’s community.

With vaccine availability growing in New York City and across the country, attention is increasingly turning to those who are eligible but hesitant about getting the shot

Weill Cornell Medicine will launch a suite of innovative programs to foster and sustain a more diverse faculty through the support of a $5 million grant from the Mastercard Impact Fund. 

Weill Cornell Medicine redoubles its efforts toward racial equity in medicine—for the benefit of clinicians, patients, and society

Providing medical school education free of debt not only relieves a significant financial burden, it may also help increase the diversity of the medical workforce, according to Weill Cornell Medicine leadership who studied the institution’s own experience.

For the third year in a row, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Health Professions Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

In recognition of its decades-long commitment to advancing diversity within medical education, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program has been awarded the 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. 

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health for COVID-19 research.

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian have realigned the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research to address the intersection of research and practice. The newly named Department of Population Health Sciences, led by distinguished health services researcher, information scientist and leader Dr. Rainu Kaushal, aims to improve the health of populations through data-driven research, innovative technology and novel education programs.

Although COVID-19 is a threat to everyone, people of color have been hit especially hard by the virus — what has been called a “pandemic within the pandemic.”

African American patients who underwent knee-replacement surgery were several times more likely than white patients of similar age to be discharged to inpatient facilities for post-operative care and rehabilitation rather than home, according to a large study from a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

In recognition of its outstanding continued commitment to diversity and inclusion, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine for the second year in a row.

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch a program designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority medical and graduate students, residents and postdoctoral fellows committed to careers in health equity and global health research.

A new study published July 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates that pregnancy outcomes in the last two decades have drastically improved for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

The Executive M.B.A./M.S. in Healthcare Leadership program, offered jointly by the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management in May celebrated a milestone: graduating its first class of 39 students.  

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of May.

Weill Cornell Medicine honored 17 faculty, trainees, students and staff April 22 for their outstanding service and leadership in promoting diversity at the academic medical institution.

Weill Cornell Medicine kicks off its second annual Diversity Week on April 22, celebrating the varied backgrounds and perspectives that enrich the institution’s community.

Dr. Said Ibrahim has been appointed the inaugural senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Weill Cornell Medicine.